Liverpool have been handed a serious health concern forward of their blockbuster Premier League conflict with Manchester Metropolis after Alexander Isak withdrew from the Sweden squad with an damage.
The Swedish Soccer Affiliation confirmed on Sunday that the 27-year-old striker will miss his nation’s three remaining Nations League group-stage fixtures and has returned to Merseyside for evaluation.
In-form Isak had been on the scoresheet on Friday evening, netting in Sweden’s 2-1 victory over Romania earlier than struggling the muscular setback.
He’ll now sit out Monday’s encounter with Poland, in addition to upcoming group video games towards Bosnia & Herzegovina and the reverse fixture with Romania.
Burnley centre-back Hjalmar Ekdal has additionally left the camp with a knock, with Sweden confirming that no replacements have been summoned.
The timing poses an undesirable headache for Liverpool, particularly given the blistering kind Isak has proven because the begin of the marketing campaign. The Sweden worldwide, who accomplished a £125m transfer to Anfield from Newcastle United final summer season, presently sits second within the Premier League scoring charts with 4 objectives in 5 matches.
Isak opened his account for the season at Anfield towards Nottingham Forest earlier than bagging a decisive brace away at Ipswich City, adopted by one other essential match-winner on the highway towards Bournemouth.
Neither Liverpool nor Sweden have disclosed the precise nature or severity of the issue, however the Reds can be determined to have their main marksman again forward of a demanding run of video games.
Liverpool return to motion after the worldwide break on October 11 once they host reigning champions Manchester Metropolis in a titanic conflict at Anfield, earlier than a swift European turnaround away to Austrian aspect LASK within the Champions League three days later.
That precedes a visit to Brentford, a house conflict towards Villarreal, and a league assembly with Brighton because the autumn schedule ramps up.
